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PeanutButterGoddess · Joined: 25 Apr 2016 Posts: 7962

In all honesty, Wyla wasn't sure why she had decided to bite off as much as she had, after all, this was only supposed to be a little "summer" party at the Bicksley's daycare, not the all out shindig monster of a party she'd created. Maybe it was because she wanted to create something fun and enjoyable for Bix and the other kids, or maybe (mostly) it was her trying to appease or impress the other moms at the daycare. They spent most of the time making her feel so little for being "such a young single mother" that she wanted them to see just how big she could be...but perhaps other methods would have been appropriate. She supposed she could have just gone to the party store and picked up a few odds and ends, maybe baked some cupcakes, rather than making inquiries for a bounce castle, a clown, and a face painter.

Which was her mission, currently.

She didn't want to pick up some schmuck off the street to come do face painting, no, she wanted to pick up a TALENTED schmuck who could potentially pass an interview via meeting with the other parents. So what was a more convenient place to place fliers than the art supply store?

Not much an artist herself, Wyla had never been in, so she couldn't have possibly anticipated the collection of comic books and toys that littered the store shelves, the latter being Bicksley's current fixation as her mother tried to hang up a flier on a cork board at the back of the store where the owner had said she could post up.

"Momma, my pony? My pony? I can have?" Bicksley chirped as she held up a My Little Pony figurine she'd found. She waved it at Wyla and waddled over. "Look, Momma. I can have?"
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Shika would be a good for nothing, but he was good for something: art. Any kind of art, he did beautiful sculptures in wood as well as ceramic. Portraits, surrealism, body painting, cartoons; anime was his favorite though. Being that his sister was fiercely ambitious, Shika was somewhat swept under the rug in his family, which he didn't mind, they wouldn't understand anyways. He spent his whole days doing what he wanted to do, only taking the art classes available at the college, sleeping and waking up whenever, and working on his manga whenever he wasn't working on commissions.

Thanks to networking through the internet, selling commissions for art of his caliber wasn't hard. But he still wanted to expand, so there he was in his favorite art supply store; placing his own ad into the corkboard. It was a bit busy, he wanted to feature as much of his skill set that was possible. There was a gorgeous Kyuubi Naruto, a realistic portrait of his sister and some cartoon characters. There was Samurai Jack, Daria and Fluttershy from My Little Pony.

Shika loved anime and manga no question, he enjoyed most american cartoons as well but he wasn't too crazy about My Little Pony, mostly it was their fanbase that made him uncomfortable. But, it was a popular request and he figured children could be interested too.

He admired his ad for a second before nodding in approval. Hopefully he would hear back from someone soon.

PeanutButterGoddess · Joined: 25 Apr 2016 Posts: 7962

Wyla had been busy placing (another) her flier up on the board and she hadn't even noticed that someone else had stepped over, however, Bicksley wasn't one to ignore, especially when that someone just put up a picture of a pony. She let out a tiny gasp, dropping the figurine and waddled over, stretching up tall to point at the flier.

"Momma! Look! Look!" She squealed.

Wyla glanced down and then back up to follow Bickley's pointed finger.

"Ooh, that's a pretty picture, huh, baby?" Wyla smiled before glancing up at the man who she assumed had put it up. "Did you draw that?" She asked him.

Bicksley turned around to look at the man as well.

"You drew?" She asked, looking stunned.
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Shika didn't realize there were other people there until he heard a little girl squeal. He looked down and saw the little girl pointing at his ad.

"Yes, I did drew." He said smiling softly before looking to the adult with her. "Yes I did miss. I do art for a living." He explained.

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Wyla's eyes lit up at that.

"So you're an artist by trade then? That's what you're saying, right?" She asked.

Meanwhile, Bicksley looked back to the picture in awe.

"You can draw one me?" She asked, putting on her sweet voice.
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inchargemarge · Site Admin Joined: 25 Apr 2016 Posts: 7943

"Yes, that's correct." Shika nodded before crouching down to get at eye level with the little girl. "Sure I can, what would you like me to draw, chiisa?" He asked with a friendly smile.

Generally speaking, Shika got along well with children. Most children he encountered were enamored by his drawing or whatever he was working on, he didn't really have to be anything more than friendly which was easy because oddly enough he had patience for children.

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Bicksley's whole face lit up and she made a series of little taps as she "hustled" in place.

"Can you draw pony? I love pony!" She gushed.

"Please, um, don't get offended, but do you by chance...do face painting? Or would you be willing to?" Wyla asked, trying to be careful about asking. She didn't want it to seem like she was demeaning the man's work by any means.
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inchargemarge · Site Admin Joined: 25 Apr 2016 Posts: 7943

Shika looked up at the women and made a face, he paused to contemplate a moment.

"Well, I've never done face painting. But I'd done body painting, I think they're similar enough. Do you need someone to do facepainting?" He asked before looking back to the girl. "What kind? Do you have a favorite one of these?" Shika asked then, pointing to the My Little Pony toy she had earlier.

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"Well...I kind of made a big promise, and long story short, yes. I do." Wyla nodded, making a slight face with an anxious smile.

Bix looked over at her abandoned toy and went and grabbed it.

"This one." She said.
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"Sure, I can get it to you when I come to do face painting." Shika said then with a smile, giving the woman a thumbs up.

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"Oh thank God. I thought I was going to get lynched by the other moms after making a promise so big." Wyla gave an exhale of relief. She went to take one of the fliers back down, folding it neatly before offering it out to the man. "I'm Wyla Briar. My phone number and everything else you need to know is on there and....just wow, thank you. This is one of those 'universal' moments or something."
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inchargemarge · Site Admin Joined: 25 Apr 2016 Posts: 7943

"Yeah sure, it can't hurt to expand my resume." Shika said with a half shrug as he accepted the flier. He opened his messenger bag then and dug around for a copy of his ad to hand to her. "Here's all my info should you need it. I'm Shika Kami."

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"Shika? I like that, it's a nice name." Wyla said, taking the flier with a smile.
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"Thanks...It means deer." Shika said, not really sure what to say when his name was complimented.

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"Mine is just a boring name my parents plucked out of a hat. Literally. Deer is much better than that." Wyla laughed, her face crinkling with a pleasant smile. "And this is my daughter, Bicksley, or Bix for short."

"I Bix." Bicksley "introduced".
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